Hungarian GM Jozsef Horvath was the sole leader prior to the final round but a sudden defeat with white pieces against IM Siegfried Baumegger took him down in the final ranking.

GM Nikola Sedlak

The tournament was organized by the ESV ASKÖ Admira Villach and incorporated the 31st Open Championship of Villach. 99 players competed.

The tournament was themed as “Chess at the meeting point of three cultures” – Austria, Italy and Slovenia.

Villach (Slovenian: Beljak, Italian: Villaco, Friulian: Vilac) is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region.